James Judson Van Horn
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James Judson Van Horn was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer after whom the town of Van Horn, Texas, was named.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Judson Van Horn canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T14064194 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Judson Van Horn Context triple: [Van Horn, Texas, namedFor, James Judson Van Horn]
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A.
William Buell Richards
William Buell Richards was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the inaugural head of Canada’s Supreme Court.
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B.
Harold Vermilyea
Harold Vermilyea was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in stage, film, and radio productions during the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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D.
Oscar E. Teagarden
Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
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E.
Joseph R. Walker
Joseph R. Walker was a 19th-century American mountain man and explorer known for pioneering routes across the Sierra Nevada and the American West.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: James Judson Van Horn Target entity description: James Judson Van Horn was a 19th-century U.S. Army officer after whom the town of Van Horn, Texas, was named.
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A.
William Buell Richards
William Buell Richards was a 19th-century Canadian lawyer, judge, and politician who became the inaugural head of Canada’s Supreme Court.
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B.
Harold Vermilyea
Harold Vermilyea was an American character actor known for his numerous supporting roles in stage, film, and radio productions during the early to mid-20th century.
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C.
William V. Pratt
William V. Pratt was a United States Navy admiral who served as Chief of Naval Operations during the early 1930s and played a key role in shaping interwar naval policy and arms limitation efforts.
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D.
Oscar E. Teagarden
Oscar E. Teagarden was a judge who served on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals, contributing to the development of U.S. customs and patent law.
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E.
Joseph R. Walker
Joseph R. Walker was a 19th-century American mountain man and explorer known for pioneering routes across the Sierra Nevada and the American West.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.